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IRONING MACHINE.

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Patented Peb. 12,1V 1884.

WITNBSSES i To all whom. t 71mg/ concern,.-

`of Great Britain, residing, respectively, at

gate, in the county of Middlesex, England,

'double-faced and reversible, so that the one l NITED STATES PATENT OErrcE.v

vHENRY PODGER, OF BROMLEY, COUNTY OF KENT, AND VILLIAM HOOK V DAVEY, OF HIGHGATE, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

lRONlNGV-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part `of Letters Patent No. 293,514, dated February 12, 1884.

Application filed March 9, 1983. (No model.) Patented in England August 14, 1582,No.3.867.

Be it known thatjwe, HENRY PonGEE and WILLIAM Hoon DAVEY, subjects ofthe Queen Bromley, in the county of Kent, and Highhave invented an Improved Ironing-Machine, (for which we have received Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 3,867, dated August 14, 1882,) of which the followingisa specification.

Our invention relates to an improved ironing-machine which is especially adapted for ironing shirt-fronts, collars, cuffs, and fancy articles.

The invention consists, mainly, in the combination, with a vertically-adjustable and horizontally-movable table, of a longitudinally-re ciprocating iron. i

. It also consists in a gasheated iron which is face is being heated while the other is being used. The ironing-table is supported on a bed which is movable vertically,in order to bring the table up to the iron and apply the necessary pressure to the goods, and is also movable horizontally in a circular direction, in order to present the goods in the desired direction to the iron; and the table is also movable in a rectilinear direction on this bed,to permit of the `goods being moved to and fro under the iron. The iron may or may not be reversible; but when reversible it is hung on end gudgeons, one or both) of which is tubular to admit gas, and the iron has two faces' on opposite` sides, so that one is upward being heated, while the other is downward and is getting cold in use.

Figure l is a side elevation, Fig. 2 an end elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan, of the improved ironing-machine, the example here representv ed being constructed double, so as to carry two irons and two ironingtables on the same framing, but itmay also be made. single, as will 'be readily understood.

A are two cast-ironv frames or standards, suitably braced together by the guidebrack ets Bfor the beds of the ironing-tables. These frames are constructed with horizontal arms A', braced together at the extremities by the bolts upon which the guide-rollers hereinafter referred to turn.

Each` table has two-parallel ribs or rails, d, on

its under side, whichV run in the grooves of pairs of grooved rollers E, fast on spindles e,

lying across the bed C, and resting and turning in grooves therein. By these rails and rollers the table is guided in its horizontal rectilinear motion, while the table and its bed are caused to turn together. Each table and its bed are supported, raised,and lowered byatreadle, F, working onafixed pivot at f, and connected by a link to the end of a lever, G, pivoted at gto a fixed standard, and forked at its other end, and embracing the guide-rod c between collars c', iixed thereon.

H are the irons, which are represented in Figs. l, 2, and 3 as single-faced.` They are hung from a guide-rod, I, which, in the case of a double machine, carries both irons, and extends across and beyond the ends of the two arms A of the` frame. This guide-rod I" runs to and fro between pairs of' grooved guiding-rollers K above and beneath it, these rollers running loose upon the bolts k, which brace the pairs of frames A together.

L is the driving-shaft with fast .and loose pulleys and a disk carrying a crank-pin, Z, which is coupled by a connecting-rod, M, to the rod I.

The irons are represented as heated by steam supplied and exhausted through a pair of pipes, S S', connected to the irons and to flexible pipes s s', leading up or down to fixed main supply and exhaust pipes.

The construction of a single-iron machine will be obvious without further drawings.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of areversible gas-heated iron. Fig. 5 is an end view, and 6 a cross-section, of the iron. The iron is a casting of box form., inclosed by two steel ironing-faces, I-I H?, and is hung by end journals, 7L h, in the arms of a frame xed to rod I, as before. The journal h is tubular, and into it is screwed a perforated pipe, N, forming the gas-burner. Thisburner turns with the iron, and is perforated at IOO the sides, so as to answer either way-up. A gas-pipe, I?, of smaller diameter than the bore of the journal h', projects eoucentrically thereinto, so as to leave an annular inlet for air, thus constituting an atmospheric burner. The gas-pipe P is supported by any suitable frame from the guide-rod I, and is connected to a eXible supply-pipe, p, so as to move to and fro with the irons without being connected Io therewith, leaving the irons quite free to turn independently of the gas-pipe.

Risa disk xed on the journal 7L, having two recesses, o, with either of which engages a locking-lever, T, pivoted at t to the frame to lock the iron in position.

x are air-holes.

Having described the nature of the said invention and the manner of performing the same, we declare that what we claim isl. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with an iron and means for reciprocating the same horizontally, of a bed mounted substantially as deseribed,whereby it maybe rotated and moved vertically, and a table, said table and bed being constructed substantially asset forth, whereby the table maybe moved transversely on the bed, as and for the purpose specied.

2. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with the frame, the irons, and means for reciprocating them horizontally, of the bed C, having guide-rods c, journaledin brackets of the frame, and provided with the grooved rollers E, the table D, provided with the ribs or 35 rails cl, and means for raising and lowering said bed, substantially as herein shown and ldescribed.

3. In an ironing-table, the combination, with the frame A,having the brackets B B, of

thebed @,providedwith the guide-rod c, mount- 4o ed vertically in the said brackets,and provided with the collars b c, the treadle F, the lever G, connected to thetreadle at one end, and the other end embracing the guide-rod c, and the table D, the said table and bed being constructed as set forth, wherebythe former may be moved laterally upon the bed, substantially as shown and described.

4. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with the frame A A,provided with the guiderollers K K, the guide-rod I, and means for operating said guide-rod, of the double-faced iron H', having the hollow journal h', and j ournaled in hangers on the bar I, the burner N, and means for locking the iron in position, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with j ournaled and double-faced iron H', provided with the hollow journal h, of the burn er N, secured within the iron, and provided with side perforations, substantially as herein sh own and described.

6. In an ironing-machine, the combination, with the journaled and double-faced iron H', and the burner N within saidiron, of the disk R, seeuredto thejournal h ofthe iron, andprovided with the reeessesr, and the locking-lever t, substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specification of our invention signed by us this th day of January, A. D. 1883.

HENRY PODGER. WILLIAM HOOK DAVEY. fitnessesz J No. DEAN, THOMAS LAKE, Notarial clerks, both 0f 17 Graeechurc/L Street,

London. 

